Setting up a local SVN repository with encrypted passwords with TortoiseSVN

I am planning on using a local repository, using only TortoiseSVN's "create repository here" feature.

The repo is created and I can read and write to it just fine. The problem is that I can't get authentication to work. I thought I wanted Windows authentication, but I actually want the simple text-file based authentication so I can force the current system user (i.e. any person can be using the same Windows account and I want to differentiate between them) to provide their name and password. I haven't found any information on how to do this without svnserve running.

So far, I have modified svnserve.conf like this:

anon-access = read
auth-access = write
password-db = passwd
realm = LocalOn开发者_JAVA技巧ly

I didn't mess with the [sasl] section.

I also modified passwd:

[users]
harry = teH0wLIpW0gyQ

I am trying to use encrypted passwords created with a simple perl script. However, regardless of what I do with the repo (i.e. including writing to the repo), I am never prompted for a password.

I tried clearing TortoiseSVN's authentication cache since I do connect to a remote repo, but this didn't matter at all.

Has anyone tried this and succeeded? Or is it not possible without svnserve?

Not possible without svnserve - it takes care of the challenge/response.

Try Subversion Edge. you can edit the file you are mentioning using the GUI provided by the tool. It uses its own http server(not svnserve or IIS).

Unfortunately your best bet with a local repository is to use your file system permissions. A simple and free option for a server (that's easy to manager) would be VisualSVN Server. You can hang it off or a workstation or drop it on a public webserver somewhere. I now have mine setup with a reverse proxy with IIS7 so it's integrated with the rest of my web site.